They tell me I can be

Whatever I want to be

As long as that whatever

Is me

And nobody else

They tell me to be free

And be

Something unique

That nobody has ever seen

Or been before

But what if

Everything good

Has already been seen

Or done

Or made

Or been

What if everything new

That is left

Is strange and boring

What if all I can do

Is strange and boring

What if there is nothing to do

That has not been done before

That anyone

Would care to see

Or be

What if for me to be

Something I want to do

I have to be

Like everyone else

Or at least

Not something totally new